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Down Home Cajun Music- Opelousas WaltzSeason Five of the Podcast! Five years! This weeks episode features some great 45's!Cajun Trio- Fee Fee Can't Dance (Swallow 10142)Aldus Roger- Oson Two Step (Cajun Classics 102)Nathan Abshire- "Popcorn Blues" (Kajun 500)Sidney Brown- "Two Step De Creminel" (Goldband 1099)Lawrence Walker- "Allons Rock & Roll" (La Louisianne 8018)Pee Wee Broussard- "Sorrow Waltz" (La Louisianne 8028)Nathan Abshire- "Carolina Blues" (Khoury's 749)Joe Falcon- "Corrina Corrina" (Crazy Cajun 514)Joe Bonsall- "Millionaire's Waltz" (Cajun Jamboree 808)Dalton Alleman- "Alleman's Waltz" (Belle 101)Reggie Matte- "Ouvre La Porte" (Bee 101)Adam Hebert- "Ten Year Blues" (Cajun 500)Jack Leger- "Southern Playboys Special" (Jag 101)Ervin Lejeune & Jake Bertrand- Laccasine Breakdown" (Buck 501)Pee Wee Broussard- "French Accordion Mambo" (Staggs 101)Link Davis & Sidney Brown- "Waltz of The Jambalaya" (Starday 331)Austin Pitre- "Opelousas Waltz" (Swallow 106)Duson Playboys- "Tayeaux Dog Tayeaux" (Dupre 101)*All selections taken from the original 45 rpm records.

(Part 2 of 2) David Akeman affectionately known as “Stringbean” was born on June 17, 1915 to a farm family in Annville, Kentucky. Anneville is a small town in Jackson County, Kentucky. Stringbean's love for music began at an early age. Before he was 8 years old, he built his first instrument out of a shoebox and thread. He most likely developed his early love for music from his father who was a successful banjo player who often played throughout the community. By the time Stringbean was 12, he bought his own banjo and then began playing at local dances and built a reputation as an excellent musician.While working construction type work building roads and planting trees, he continued playing his banjo with a goal of making it big in the music business. His career began when he entered a contest being judged by singer-guitarist-musical saw player Asa Martin. After impressing Martin, he soon joined Martin's band.During a performance, Martin had forgotten David Akeman's name. So he just introduced Akeman as “String Beans” The nickname was given to him based on his tall lanky frame. Apparently, the name stuck and David Akeman would become known simply as String Bean.Not only did Stringbean become known for his musical abilities, he also became known for being a funny guy. Stringbean became known as a comedian musician. He also broadcast on WLAP out of Lexington, Kentucky, and played with different groups during the late 1930s. Strange enough, old country music back in the 30s didn't include much banjo playing. However, Stringbean was able to keep banjo playing relevant in country music.Interesting enough, Stringbean was also a decent semi pro baseball player. His baseball playing skills became known to Bill Monroe, who had his own semi pro club. Monroe was so impressed with Stringbean that he added Stringbean to his band. He played in Monroe's band from 1943 until 1945.After Stringbean left Monroe in 1945, he was replaced by another popular banjo player named Earl Scruggs, who had a different sound than Stringbean. Stringbean would also go on marry his sweetheart Estelle Stanfill in 1945. The following year he would begin working with another banjo player named Louis Marshall Jones, affectionately known as Grandpa Jones. The two men would both be together doing comedy in the television program Hee Haw. Grandpa Jones was a WWII veteran and would become Stringbean's closest friend. The men also became neighbors in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.Akeman was one of the Opry's top stars throughout the 1950s. Oddly enough, he didn't begin recording on his own until the early '60s, when he signed to the Starday label. He had hits with "Chewing Gum" and "I Wonder Where Wanda Went," and recorded seven albums between 1961 and 1972.His first album was titled Old Time Pickin' and Grinnin' with Stringbean which was released in 1961. His music was considered folk stories with a taste of comedy. At the time, Stringbean and his buddy Grandpa Jones became the two biggest old time banjo players of their era.In 1969, a country style comedy would come to television. The program would be called Hee Haw and was on television from 1969 to 1993. The program lasted for 26 seasons and recorded 655 episodes. Any popular country musician who was anybody appeared on the show.Unfortunately, Stringbean and his wife Estelle would be tragically murdered on November 10, 1973. After the couple returned home from a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, they walked in on a robbery by two men. Stringbean was shot to death in front of his fireplace and his wife Estelle was shot to death outside their home while trying to flee the robbers.It would be Grandpa Jones who would find the bodies of his beloved friends the next day. Grandpa Jones had plans to pick Stringbean up the next day for a a planned hunting trip. Grandpa Jones would learn the sad truth when he pulled up to his friend's cabin at 2308 Baker Road near Ridgetop, Tennessee. According to author Taylor Hagood, Stringbean and Estelle didn't believe in using banks. Both were alive during the Great Depression when many people who had money in their banks lost it all.Stringbean was known to keep thousands of dollars in cash laying around his house. Grandpa warned him many times to not keep his money in the house. He told Stringbean that one day, keeping that cash around the house would get him killed. When Grandpa found the bodies of his murdered friends, he knew the day he worried about had finally come. The murders shocked Nashville residents. Author Taylor Hagood would write a book about Strinbean's life and death.For his book about Stringbean, Hagood interviewed one of the lead investigators in the case, surviving members of Stringbean's family and fellow musicians who knew Stringbean personally. He then compiled his findings into the book titled Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend.If you enjoy reading. True crime books. then I highly recommend that you purchase a copy of Taylor's book and add it to your collection. The book takes you from String Bean's humble beginnings as a child who loved music to becoming a country music legend. You can get your own copy of Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend written by Taylor Hagood on Amazon.com or wherever else you purchase your favorite books. And if you would like to contact Taylor about his book, please visit www.Taylorhagood.com.Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by purchasing a cup of $5 coffee every month. To help support the podcast, please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/catchmykiller. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please visit my websites www.catchmykiller.com or www.themarcabe.com where you can submit a case.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4077372/advertisement

David Akeman affectionately known as “Stringbean” was born on June 17, 1915 to a farm family in Annville, Kentucky. Anneville is a small town in Jackson County, Kentucky. Stringbean's love for music began at an early age. Before he was 8 years old, he built his first instrument out of a shoebox and thread. He most likely developed his early love for music from his father who was a successful banjo player who often played throughout the community. By the time Stringbean was 12, he bought his own banjo and then began playing at local dances and built a reputation as an excellent musician. While working construction type work building roads and planting trees, he continued playing his banjo with a goal of making it big in the music business. His career began when he entered a contest being judged by singer-guitarist-musical saw player Asa Martin. After impressing Martin, he soon joined Martin's band. During a performance, Martin had forgotten David Akeman's name. So he just introduced Akeman as “String Beans” The nickname was given to him based on his tall lanky frame. Apparently, the name stuck and David Akeman would become known simply as String Bean. Not only did Stringbean become known for his musical abilities, he also became known for being a funny guy. Stringbean became known as a comedian musician. He also broadcast on WLAP out of Lexington, Kentucky, and played with different groups during the late 1930s. Strange enough, old country music back in the 30s didn't include much banjo playing. However, Stringbean was able to keep banjo playing relevant in country music. Interesting enough, Stringbean was also a decent semi pro baseball player. His baseball playing skills became known to Bill Monroe, who had his own semi pro club. Monroe was so impressed with Stringbean that he added Stringbean to his band. He played in Monroe's band from 1943 until 1945. After Stringbean left Monroe in 1945, he was replaced by another popular banjo player named Earl Scruggs, who had a different sound than Stringbean. Stringbean would also go on marry his sweetheart Estelle Stanfill in 1945. The following year he would begin working with another banjo player named Louis Marshall Jones, affectionately known as Grandpa Jones. The two men would both be together doing comedy in the television program Hee Haw. Grandpa Jones was a WWII veteran and would become Stringbean's closest friend. The men also became neighbors in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.Akeman was one of the Opry's top stars throughout the 1950s. Oddly enough, he didn't begin recording on his own until the early '60s, when he signed to the Starday label. He had hits with "Chewing Gum" and "I Wonder Where Wanda Went," and recorded seven albums between 1961 and 1972. His first album was titled Old Time Pickin' and Grinnin' with Stringbean which was released in 1961. His music was considered folk stories with a taste of comedy. At the time, Stringbean and his buddy Grandpa Jones became the two biggest old time banjo players of their era. In 1969, a country style comedy would come to television. The program would be called Hee Haw and was on television from 1969 to 1993. The program lasted for 26 seasons and recorded 655 episodes. Any popular country musician who was anybody appeared on the show. Unfortunately, Stringbean and his wife Estelle would be tragically murdered on November 10, 1973. After the couple returned home from a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, they walked in on a robbery by two men. Stringbean was shot to death in front of his fireplace and his wife Estelle was shot to death outside their home while trying to flee the robbers.It would be Grandpa Jones who would find the bodies of his beloved friends the next day. Grandpa Jones had plans to pick Stringbean up the next day for a a planned hunting trip. Grandpa Jones would learn the sad truth when he pulled up to his friend's cabin at 2308 Baker Road near Ridgetop, Tennessee. According to author Taylor Hagood, Stringbean and Estelle didn't believe in using banks. Both were alive during the Great Depression when many people who had money in their banks lost it all. Stringbean was known to keep thousands of dollars in cash laying around his house. Grandpa warned him many times to not keep his money in the house. He told Stringbean that one day, keeping that cash around the house would get him killed. When Grandpa found the bodies of his murdered friends, he knew the day he worried about had finally come. The murders shocked Nashville residents. Author Taylor Hagood would write a book about Strinbean's life and death. For his book about Stringbean, Hagood interviewed one of the lead investigators in the case, surviving members of Stringbean's family and fellow musicians who knew Stringbean personally. He then compiled his findings into the book titled Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend.If you enjoy reading. True crime books. then I highly recommend that you purchase a copy of Taylor's book and add it to your collection. The book takes you from String Bean's humble beginnings as a child who loved music to becoming a country music legend. You can get your own copy of Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend written by Taylor Hagood on Amazon.com or wherever else you purchase your favorite books. And if you would like to contact Taylor about his book, please visit www.Taylorhagood.com.Please also visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by purchasing a cup of $5 coffee every month. To help support the podcast, please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/catchmykiller. If you would like to contact me about this podcast, please visit my websites www.catchmykiller.com or www.themarcabe.com where you can submit a case.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4077372/advertisement

Down Home Cajun Music- Waltz of the PastBalfa Brothers- "Valse De Bala" (Swallow 10185)Nathan Abshire- "Hoola Hoop Two Step" (Cajun Classics 101)Pee Wee Broussard- "La Valse De Bon Amies" (Khoury's 720)Happy Fats & Doc Guidry- Allons A Lafayette" (La Lou 8023)Shirley Bergeron & Veteran Playboys- "Waltz of the Past" (Lanor 505)Belton Richard- "I Don't Want You Anymore" (Chamo 106)Aldus Roger- "Duson Waltz" (Goldband 1084)Sidney Brown- "Sha Ba Ba" (Folk Star 1132)Harry Choates- "Opelousas Waltz" (D 1043)Marc Savoy & The Rambling Aces- "Perrodin Two Step" (Crazy Cajun 508)Joe Bonsall- "Grand Praire Waltz" (Cajun Jamboree 811)Link Davis & Sidney Brown- "Waltz of The Jambalaya" (Starday 331)Ervin Lejeune & Jake Bertrand- "Lacassine Breakdown" (Buck 501)Tee Denise- "Iberia Two Step" (Acadian Artists 102)Addie Guillory- La Valse Du Garage A Pitre Ford" (PF 101)Charlie Broussard- "Big Train" (Cora B 0001)Austin Pitre- "Flum De Faire" (Swallow 106)*All selections from the original 45 rpm records.

In this week's episode we're turning the spotlight on Texan Sonny Burns' second attempt at recording success during the years 1959-1968. What little information there is on Burns' career usually centres on his association with George Jones while at Starday Records: it's country music folklore that Burns famously missed (what turned out to be) a hit duet session with The Possum and stymied his own career in favour of bourbon and women. However, after resurfacing in 1959 on TNT Records out of San Antonio, the early 60s saw a reunification with Pappy Daily at United Artists and Burns' lay down some of the finest honky tonk music of the decade, albeit with some added sheen as compared to his Starday material. '59-'68 produced some sensational sides for Sonny Burns and this week we run through a tonne of 'em, thirteen hardcore honky tonk nuggets in total. Dig it!

Down Home Cajun Music- C'est la viePee Wee Broussard- "Perrodin Twoster" (Khoury's 709)Shirley Bergeron with Alphee Bergeron & the Veteran Playboys- "J'ai Fait Mon Ede'e (Lanor 500)Nathan Abshire and his Pine Grove Boys- "Crying Pine Grove Blues" (Khoury's 701)Aldus Roger- "Duson Waltz" (Goldband 1084)Jack Keger and the Southern Playboys- "Southern Playboy's Special" (Jag 101)Sidney Brown- "Sha Ba- Ba" (Folk-Star 1132)Jo'El Sonnier & Les Duson Playboys- "Tayeaux Dog Tayeaux" (Dupre 101)Lawrence Walker and the Wandering Aces- "Osson Two Step"(Vee-Pee 102)Austin Pitre & the Evangeline Playboys- "Flum De Faire" (Swallow 106)Adam Hebert- "Ten Year Blues" (Cajun 500)Link Davis & Sidney Brown- " Waltz of the Jambalaya" (Starday 331)Cleveland Crochet & his Hillbilly Ramblers- "Sha Meon Waltz" (Lyric 1001)Harry Choates- "Allons A Lafayette" (D 1023)Pee Wee Broussard & his Melody Boys- "French Accordion Mambo" (Stagg's 101)Lionel Cormier's Sundown Playboys- "La Valse De Rose Marie" (Goldband 1090)Aldus Roger & the Lafayette Playboys- "Channel 10 Two Step" (Acadian Artists 1000)Austin Pitre- "Jungle Lounge Waltz" (Swallow 10146)Marc Savoy & Harry Bart- "Lovebridge Waltz" ( Crazy Cajun 525)Nathan Abshire & his Pine Grove Boys- "Carolina Blues" (Khoury's 649)Country Cajuns- "Cajun Club Special" (Marie 001)Lawrence Walker- "Midnite Waltz" (Swallow 10134)Andrew Cormier & The Rambling Aces- "Creole Stomp" (Crazy Cajun 511)*All selection from the original 45 rpm records.

Two of our crew debut fresh side shaves on camera! I mean-- The Starday tournament continues as Hideyaki and Tal take to the stage. --- WafflesMapleSyrup present an actual play Pathfinder2e podcast, authentic, uncut, and hilarious from our live stream for your enjoyment! So come join us at our table as we fly by the seat of our pants. The way TTRPGs are intended! Want to say hi? You can catch us on https://twitter.com/wafflesmaple (Twitter) & https://instagram.com/wmspod (Instagram)! For visual reference of our maps, check out our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxeH8-68eeO8WshcF8v1WyA (YouTube). Please accept this formal https://discord.gg/7bNE6fU (invite to our Discord) to join an amazing community of kind hearts! And of course, here's the link to our https://society6.com/wafflesmaplesyrup (Merch Store) to show off those sticky sweet goods, and our https://patreon.com/wafflesmaplesyrup (Patreon)! Your support helps us grow and get more of that sweet content out to you. As always, we want to hear how we're doing. So please make sure to leave a review, subscribe for future episodes, and show us your kind hearts! The best way to help is to tell a friend :) --- Addtl. Music and Sound by Syrinscape https://syrinscape.com/?att_wafflesmaplesyrup (https://syrinscape.com/?att_wafflesmaplesyrup)

Everyone is excited as the new dawn brings about the beginning of the Starday Tournament. --- WafflesMapleSyrup present an actual play Pathfinder2e podcast, authentic, uncut, and hilarious from our live stream for your enjoyment! So come join us at our table as we fly by the seat of our pants. The way TTRPGs are intended! Want to say hi? You can catch us on https://twitter.com/wafflesmaple (Twitter) & https://instagram.com/wmspod (Instagram)! For visual reference of our maps, check out our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxeH8-68eeO8WshcF8v1WyA (YouTube). Please accept this formal https://discord.gg/7bNE6fU (invite to our Discord) to join an amazing community of kind hearts! And of course, here's the link to our https://society6.com/wafflesmaplesyrup (Merch Store) to show off those sticky sweet goods, and our https://patreon.com/wafflesmaplesyrup (Patreon)! Your support helps us grow and get more of that sweet content out to you. As always, we want to hear how we're doing. So please make sure to leave a review, subscribe for future episodes, and show us your kind hearts! The best way to help is to tell a friend :) --- Addtl. Music and Sound by Syrinscape https://syrinscape.com/?att_wafflesmaplesyrup (https://syrinscape.com/?att_wafflesmaplesyrup)

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk, we catch up with Caroline McCarthy, co-founder and vice president of growth of Starday Foods, a startup food conglomerate that takes a data-driven approach to launch emerging food brands. Tune in as we discuss the art and science of the food and beverage industry, plus how Starday cut a deal to be on Kroger shelves just weeks after launching.

Caroline McCarthy is the Co-Founder at Starday Foods. She started her career at Google in the AdWords arena, worked with clients like ClassPass on marketing strategy, and helped build out the performance marketing function at Slack. She also worked for a data science firm that worked for the Obama campaign, followed by working for the banking app One Finance that has since merged under the umbrella of Walmart. Throughout her tech journey, she has been exposed to strategic branding and design initiatives that aid her current work with Starday. Starday is focused on building a next-gen food conglomerate and has two current products: Gooey and All Day. 1:48 - Taking a data-driven approach to CPGStarday's data engine uses first and third-party signals to identify gaps in the CPG market.“One of the things that is really important to our model is we have what I call like an in-house data engine that we've built that parses through third and first-party data signals to help us understand where we think that there are gaps in the market, based on either existing or ‘not popular' foods that we think we could build a really strong brand and product around, that also is able to meet sustainability principles. And also, frankly, something that we think will taste good. We don't want to make a healthy product that no one actually wants to eat. With Gooey, without going into too many of the details with the data model because I don't want to bore everyone, we saw a fair amount of signal around a couple of different attributes. Low-sugar being one, dairy-free being another, sustainable, eco-friendly, plant-based in some capacity as well.”4:51 - Seeking mass-market appealMost CPG brands are led by strong founder stories. Starday is taking the opposite approach: foregoing the emotional appeal in favor of pure mass-market appeal.“There's often a really strong founder story behind a product that has really spoken to people. And I say this as someone with a nut allergy, I've always been very passionate about creating a nut-free cookie brand. It will happen one day, I swear. But the idea was to take a little bit of that sort of emotion out of it, and actually be like, okay. What does a wider swath of consumers want? Because the idea behind our products is that they should really be mass market. We're not trying to be in a really niche group…Part of that plays into it as well when we're looking at these products and the different data. Do we think we can actually build a product that's going to appeal to a larger mass of humans? Is this something where when we talk about going into retail, we're saying we can talk to Kroger, we can talk to Target? Or is this really a product that would only make sense at an Erewhon or a Whole Foods? If it's the latter case, there are plenty of amazing brands that are being developed and incredibly successful in that sort of arena. It's just the approach that we're trying to take.”5:44 - Keeping a similar consumer profileFocusing on products that cater to similar demographics has helped Starday avoid starting from scratch each time they launch a new product.“I oversee all aspects related to growth and marketing. So as you can imagine, I spend a lot of time thinking about our brands and the efficiencies that we can find between them. I would say first, we've maintained similar consumer demographics between our first two brands and expect to do so in the future. It's not just in terms of the cross-branding opportunities, but also in terms of how we are understanding our own data. We're not starting from scratch every time, and that's something that's really important and does go back into how we choose our products as well, back to that sort of consumer demographic that we're looking at. If we launch our third brand and we are talking to a completely different type of audience or consumer, that's a whole lot of work and learnings that we are going to have to start from scratch really. And I would prefer to sleep at night. So I would like to actually be able to learn from our last brand launches.”13:26 - Taking a lean approachKeeping overhead low means foregoing bells and whistles, but allows Starday to confidently repeat their design & launch process.“We have a very lean approach to developing and launching. And while that does mean that some of the bells and whistles that come with a lot of launches in this space, whether it's tons of press coverage or it tons of seating or it's a big influencer or celebrity founder, whatever it may be. We're not necessarily going to be having that on every launch. We might try it out for one or two launches, but we've been able to keep a really lean budget. And so I think that the efficiency that we have there is something that also a huge part of allowing us to keep doing this multiple times over. Because we didn't go and blow a bunch of money on launch A, and now we've sort of got to wait for revenue to catch up for another six months.”24:39 - Pitching investors on the platform vs. productStarday's platform and vision are ultimately what attracts investors, not the individual products themselves. Not every investor will be able to picture the ROI, but Starday found investors who did.“What folks were investing in is the platform that we're building. The brands, while I love them deeply and I'm very fond of them obviously, because I spend all day thinking about them, they are really the product of the platform and the data models and the process and the strategy and the technology that we're building, it's that approach. And then also having the right team members in place, that was what folks were investing in…ultimately we were able to raise successfully and with great and investors on the vision that we were trying to build and that strategy. That said, I also realized that's not a very common approach and it's also one that I feel to a certain extent, we were very lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. We raised really from more tech-type investors, and traditional F&B investors maybe would've really been waiting for specific retail data, and certainly a product and market. So at the time that we raised and how we raised I think is, you do have to require a certain type of mindset on the investor side in order for them to see that vision, and understand where those returns are coming from.”28:26 - Bringing in F&B expertiseOnce they had capital to work with, next Starday focused on bringing in food and beverage insights that helped them obtain a holistic perspective and prepare for a retail launch.“In some ways with this many launches and having committed to doing certain things, it allows us to form closer relationships in some ways with our investors. Because there's always a brand to give feedback on. There's always a product idea to sort of bounce off. We're not sort of sitting on the sidelines waiting and then two years later we come back asking for more money. There's always something new to talk about. And so I think because of that, we've been able to blend their perspective, our perspective, and then also bring in some of those folks that are more traditional F&B that have that perspective of, ‘Hey, when you're in retail, here's what you need to do. Run these types of TPRs. Don't work with that vendor. Make sure that you have shippers in by P6. There's all these things that folks on the more traditional F&B side bring in.”30:17 - Stocking up on inventoryWhile the initial plan was to order-as-you-go, Covid-19 made the Starday team quickly realize that they should over-order stock and keep it rather than risk selling out.“We were playing in this world of like, we're not going to overpay for inventory ahead of time because we want to be able to sort of produce as we go, and manage according to costs and margin and make sure that we're constantly adjusting. That sounds really great. And is great, if it works out. It does not sound so great in the middle of COVID when there's crises at the plants. Folks aren't able to come into work because of COVID. There's delays in shipping times. I think that's a strategy we will go back to when things sort of settle down. But for our second brand, we purchase a lot more inventory ahead of time, just to make sure that we were not getting into any sort of situation where we were experiencing any shortages or out-of-stock situations. We also, because we're working really with shelf-stable products, we don't have to worry about expiration dates. So we are able to purchase inventory ahead of time.”33:03 Prioritizing DTC before Amazon and retailStarting with DTC was a no-brainer in order for Starday to develop a relationship with their customers. Amazon and retail remain secondary strategies.“We launched DTC as that place where we can say, all right. Here's where we're gonna go. We're gonna run a bunch of growth tests. We're going to do site testing. We're going to do pricing tests, we're going to do free shipping, threshold testing. And most importantly, we're going to build relationships with our consumers. And then the next step is sort of expanding to Amazon. So you get like one step out, right? You still have some consumer data, but you don't own that data. Amazon owns that data. And then the third step is really going into retail. Where we haven't explored as much so far is sort of on that marketplace. So the Thrives, the Gopuffs, things like that. So that's probably an area that we'll continue to explore if the economics make sense. But in the beginning for every one of our launches, we are going direct to consumer first. I don't see that changing at any point. And we'll sort of continue to layer in those additional levels of retail and go to market strategy in the coming months.”35:29 - Focusing on organic ads and social mediaBuilding a community online has meant investing in strong social content for each brand in order to scale and develop an authentic brand voice.“We did not scale any ads. We had some minimum stuff that we were just using for pure testing, but I wasn't running conversion-optimized landing pages or doing a ton of lead gen. It was really more for creative and messaging testing. Really the other aspects are on that social and organic and community building side. We work with Kendall Dickieson on all of them. She's our head of social for both brands and all the brands to come. She helped us build a really strong social strategy that sort of dives in from the beginning of building brand, even when you have 14 followers and it's my mom and all her friends, and sort of understanding how you can scale that quickly without losing the validity of the brand voice.” Watch the full interview here:  This episode is brought to you by OrderGroove and OpenStore:Visit  https://www.ordergroove.com/dtcpod/?utm_source=event&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=2022q1_dtcpodpodcast_thirdparty_demo_us&utm_content=demo  today to receive 2-months off your first contract.Visit https://open.store to get a free, no-obligation offer for your ecommerce business from OpenStore in 24 hours.Have any questions about the show or topics you'd like us to explore further? Shoot us a DM, we'd love to hear from you. Caroline McCarthy - Co-Founder of Starday FoodsBlaine Bolus - COO of Omnipanel

Chaz Flexman is the Co-Founder & CEO of Starday Foods, a next-gen food conglomerate that leverages best practices from the software industry to quickly test, launch, and iterate on CPG brands like All Day seasonings and Gooey Snacks. In this episode, we'll chat about the processes that enable Starday to launch new brands for less than 250k in six months, how it approaches online and offline retail, and how the company likens itself more to a Ford than a Unilever.

Forward Foods, creating healthy and sustainable food products, changed its name to Starday and raised $4 million in seed funding to take on “big food” incumbents.

There are some personalities who would embrace being called The Greatest Country Singer Ever or, at least, settle into the role once it became clear the brand was eternal. George Jones did not have one of those personalities. The fame and fortune generated by his talent made him want to run away, so he spent decades running... toward something even worse than what he was trying to escape. Was there ever a chance of this story playing out any differently? Probably not, no. But what in the hell even happened here? Our search for answers takes us back to Texas for one Singing Marine's perspective on what it was like when lightning started flashing and thunder started clashing as he took the country music world by storm.

Big, bright, bold, vivid, colourful and appealing - it could only be a Starday album! And that's what we've got this time for another piece of bonus content this week - usually exclusive to our Patreon members - it's called "COVER TO COVER", where we take a great traditional country album and play it right the way through, from front to back, in order and in full. And trust me when I say it's music you won't hear anywhere else - we specifically check to make sure our COVER TO COVER albums aren't on Spotify before featuring! Aside from the regular show, we'll be doing COVER TO COVER at least once a month for our Patreon members at any level and intermittently I will be releasing a COVER TO COVER episode as a podcast to you here, but for the most part, this feature is intended as a piece of bonus content - so enjoy! This time we go cover to cover on a typical Starday album for The Willis Brothers: "Road Stop: Juke Box Hits" (1965). The unmistakable high hillbilly harmony of The Willis Brothers found at home at Starday and they enjoyed their biggest hits in the early 60s, including (as on this album) plenty of cleverly-written uptempo novelty material.

Big, bright, bold, vivid, colourful and appealing - it could only be a Starday album! And that's what we've got this time for another piece of bonus content this week - usually exclusive to our Patreon members - it's called "COVER TO COVER", where we take a great traditional country album and play it right the way through, from front to back, in order and in full. And trust me when I say it's music you won't hear anywhere else - we specifically check to make sure our COVER TO COVER albums aren't on Spotify before featuring! Aside from the regular show, we'll be doing COVER TO COVER at least once a month for our Patreon members at any level and intermittently I will be releasing a COVER TO COVER episode as a podcast to you here, but for the most part, this feature is intended as a piece of bonus content - so enjoy! This time we go cover to cover on a typical Starday album for The Willis Brothers: "Road Stop: Juke Box Hits" (1965). The unmistakable high hillbilly harmony of The Willis Brothers found at home at Starday and they enjoyed their biggest hits in the early 60s, including (as on this album) plenty of cleverly-written uptempo novelty material.

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The story of a little independent record label in Texas becoming "a force" in the Nashville country music industry brings an outsider's perspective to the anatomy of a machine. Going from backwoods honky tonks and roadhouse jukeboxes to stretch limos and private planes takes a lot of crooked deals and shameless hustle. When confronted by a powerful enemy, you'll do whatever it takes to survive the rock and roll. When the whole world acquires a taste for your strain of Kentucky bluegrass, you'll rake in the green. When they get their ears on for truckin' songs, you'll put the hammer down and stand on it. But don't let the stars get in your eyes, because this story only ever ends one way.

"Pappy" purchased Harry Choate's masters from Goldstar in 1955. He began re-releasing Harry's Goldstar recordings on the his Starday and D labels afterwards. Some of these were leftovers from the Goldstar sessions and others were old titles that had been renamed. By 1950 Harry's Melody Boys had broken up and he soon started recording for Macy's with a new set of musicians. The last track is from 1951, from what was Harry's last session for Bob Tanner's Allied label. He would pass away on July 17th of 1951.Down Home Cajun Music- Harry Choates1. Jole Blon (English Version) (Starday 187) *78rpm2. Tondelay (Starday 284) *45rpm3. Big Woods (D 1222) *45rpm4. Oh Meon (D 1222) *45rpm5. Opelousas Waltz (It Won't Be Long) (D 1043) *45rpm6. Gra Mamou (Macy's 124) *45rpm7. Cat'n Around (Macy's 124) *78rpm8. Fiddle Polka (Macy's 147) *78rpm9. Harry's Blues (Macy's 158) *78rpm10. She's Sweet Sweet (Macy's 158) *78rpm11. Five Time Loser (Allied 103) *Lp version* All Selections from the original records.

This episode of the Old, Dingy Jukebox features records about sin and redemption. Songs for Saturday nights and songs for Sunday mornings. I thought it would be a fun idea to have an episode that features records of various styles of music dealing with these two contrasting worlds. Harcore honky tonk, blues, hokum, gospel preaching, vocal groups and country. Hope you enjoy episode #9: “Rascally Paramours, Satan’s Burning Hell, Reefer and Streets of Glory.”E-mail: olddingyjukebox@gmail.comWeb: https://theolddingyjukebox.buzzsprout.com/Facebook: @olddingyjukeboxpodcastTwitter: @OldDingyInstagram: @olddingyjukeboxpodcastDonate to the podcast: https://paypal.me/christiangallo1?locale.x=en_USReverend Louis Overstreet- “Believe On Me” Arhoolie F1014 1963Mr. Memphis Minnie- “Black Rat Swing” Okeh 6707. 1943BIll Neely- “Satan’s Burning Hell” Blackland Farmboy. Arhoolie 5014. 1974Sonny Burnes- “Too Hot To Handle”. Starday 118. 1953Bukka White- “I Am In The Heavenly Way” Mississippi Blues. Takoma 1001. 1970Memphis Jug Band- “Cocaine Habit Blues” Victor 38620. 1930The Peerless Four- “Noah” Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey 1959-60. Velvet Voices. Hokum Boys- “Keep YOur Mind On It” Vocalion 03232. 1936The Louvin Brothers- “Broad Minded” Capitol 2381. 1953Reverend Utah Smith- “I’ve Got Two Wings”. Checker 785. 1953Clint Howard and Fred Price- “Streets of Glory”. The Ballad of Finley Preston. Rounder 0009. Released 1972.Lorraine Walton- “If You’re A Viper”. Vocalion 03989. 1938Reverend W.M. Mosely- “Drinking Shine” Columbia 14217 1927Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup- “Star Bootlegger” RCA Victor 22-0117 1950The Bright Light Quartet- “I’m Tired” Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey 1959-60. Velvet Voices. Support the show (https://paypal.me/christiangallo1?locale.x=en_US)

Well.....I don't know about you but I'm sick of this COVID-19 crap. When I was a kid we got sick, wiped our noses, pulled up our pants and ..... well...... dealt with it. Way back in 1969 I went to Woodstock during the "Swine Flu" epidemic. 1,000,000 people died worldwide and 100,000 alone here in the USA. I communed with 500,000 hippies and survived.....lots of drugs. We still don't have a vaccine for the swine flu but I figure I've got anti-bodies built up. I survived Woodstock, the 60's, hepatitis C, ex-wives and I'm alive....so here we go....but before so: I've made a decision to leave Homegrownradionj.com so the format may change a little....no big deal.*Opening salvo - the usual suspects- Teddy McRae - HiFi baby [Amp 3 1958] 45 rpm repro****I don't have an original of this monster 45 but I did meet Teddy in NYC years ago.**Bed: Jimmy Gordon Orch. - Buzzzzz! [Challenge 1963] 45 rpmSet 1: A Couple Of Jones'- Thumper Jones - Rock it [Starday 1956] 45 rpm****Thumper is really country legend George Jones- Corky Jones - Hot dog [Pep 1956] 45 rpm****Corky is really Buck Owens- Kills - What NY used to be [Domino 2008] LP - Midnight Boom- Beatles - Cry for a shadow [MGM 2001] 45 rpm- Black Keys - She said, she said [Alive 2002] LP - The Big Come Up**Bed: Jimmy Gordon Orch. Set 2: Phil May R.I. P.- Pretty Things - Defecting grey [Columbia 1967] 45 rpm- Pretty Things - Mr. Evasion [Columbia 1967] 45 rpm- Pretty Things - Talking about the good times [Columbia 1968] 45 rpm- Pretty Things - Walking through my dreams [Columbia 1968] 45 rpm** Bed: Jimmy Gordon Orch.Set 3: Over and Out- Pretty Things - Vivian Prince [Norton 2011] 45 rpm- Graham Parker - White honey [Mercury / Vertigo 1976] LP - Howlin' Wind- Theloneous Monk - Monk's dream [Columbia 1963] LP - Monk's Dream

During the short summer months in the north country, everyone is out to soak up as much sun as possible before the winter returns -- and that's true not just today. A century ago, these games kept families, friends and strangers entertained.  Kelly and Christina talk about the interesting history of these outdoor games and how locals here participated in them through the years. Episode is edited by Christina Knott. Music is "Starday" by Podington Bear. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and check out our news website at nny360.com.

Kelly and Christina discuss education, dairy month, the 25th anniversary of the trial of the century and more. Listen in and follow along in the Watertown Daily Times this week or online here. Contact us at secondlook@jnc.media or follow us on Facebook or Instagram. Episode is edited by Christina Knott. Music is "Starday" by Poddington Bear.

A run down, "shabby" house takes stage on Watertown's Public Square during a renovation project in 1934. The city watched it change as local contractors pitched in to give the pre-Depression era home a new look. Kelly and Christina talk about the renovation, what happened to the house and how its beautification sought to improve the city as a whole. Follow us on Instagram or Facebook to see before and after photos of the house. Contact us at cknott@wdt.net or kburdick@wdt.net.  This podcast is edited by Christina Knott. Intro and outro music is "Starday" by Podington Bear and is used under a Creative Commons license. 

In this week's episode, we're celebrating an iconic label: Don Pierce's Starday Records. Formed in the early 50s by Lefty Frizzell's manager Jack Starns and Houston record distributor Pappy Daily (Starns + Dailey = Starday), they signed some of the best purveyors of hardcore honky tonk and traditional country, western, bluegrass and gospel music around at the time. Aften Don Pierce became label president, Starday's product was perfected. Known for their vivid and colourful album covers, featuring easy-to-understand situations and many-a-rhinestone cowboy suit - acts "discovered" on the Starday roster included George Jones, Dottie West, Roger Miller and Justin Tubb. They also gave new leases of life to many veteran artists deemed "past it" by much of the Nashville establishment: Cowboy Copas, Johnny Bond, The Willis Brothers, Red Sovine and many others enjoyed some of the biggest hits of their careers under the Starday umbrella. Our feature album this week - 1963's double LP set "Starday: Country & Western Golden Hit Parade" - reminds us why we should be grateful that the team at Starday gave chances and second chances to some of country music's most revered names.

In this week's episode, we're celebrating an iconic label: Don Pierce's Starday Records. Formed in the early 50s by Lefty Frizzell's manager Jack Starns and Houston record distributor Pappy Daily (Starns + Dailey = Starday), they signed some of the best purveyors of hardcore honky tonk and traditional country, western, bluegrass and gospel music around at the time. Aften Don Pierce became label president, Starday's product was perfected. Known for their vivid and colourful album covers, featuring easy-to-understand situations and many-a-rhinestone cowboy suit - acts "discovered" on the Starday roster included George Jones, Dottie West, Roger Miller and Justin Tubb. They also gave new leases of life to many veteran artists deemed "past it" by much of the Nashville establishment: Cowboy Copas, Johnny Bond, The Willis Brothers, Red Sovine and many others enjoyed some of the biggest hits of their careers under the Starday umbrella. Our feature album this week - 1963's double LP set "Starday: Country & Western Golden Hit Parade" - reminds us why we should be grateful that the team at Starday gave chances and second chances to some of country music's most revered names.

Sorceress. Confidant. Traitor. Sister. All of those words describe Morgan Le Fay, King Arthur's half-sister. She is by far the most complex character I've come across in the Arthurian legends, but she's constantly portrayed in the medieval and early modern texts as a one-note traitorous baddy who is evil because she's an evil sorceress and evil sorceresses are evil. If you're familiar with the legends, you're going to see a Morgan you've never seen before. If you're not, get ready to meet one of the most interesting, tragic figures you'll come across. Sponsors: The Great Courses Plus: Go to http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/myths to get a free trial of The Great Courses Plus, and while you’re there, check out the course “Fundamentals of Photography." Loot Crate: Here's the link for the Groot I was talking about. This 22" figure will be in the one mega crate sent out to a lucky subscriber. The rest of us will have to settle for a bunch of cool pop culture stuff worth twice what we paid for it. Darn. Check out http://www.lootcrate.com/legends code LEGENDS for $3 off any new subscription. Music: “Malachite” by Andy G. Cohen   “Watching from Red Hill” by Artofescapism   “Disinter” by Blue Dot Sessions   “The Face of the Thrush” by Blue Dot Sessions   “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar   “Snowmen” by Kai Engel   “Even when we fall” by Philipp Weigl   “The Scent of Cedars” by Philipp Weigl   “60s Quiz Show” by Podington Bear   “Fits” by Podington Bear   “Pop Brasilia” by Podington Bear   “Seventh Hill” by Podington Bear   “Starday” by Podington Bear   “Toboggan (Smooth Run)” by Podington Bear   “Trader Ho Hey” by Podington Bear

Průřez katalogem legendárního vydavatelství Starday Dixie z Beaumontu v Texasu. Pustíme si první nahrávky Thumper Jonese ( ano je to George Jones) ale třeba i Benny Joye a další legendu Sleepy LaBeefa! A proč nejlepší barevná kombinace je Pink and Black nám ujasní Sonny Fisher....

More random 45's, heavy on the Country Bop, Cash-A-Likes, and Stardays! This week, among others, we’ll have Lucky Wray, Cotton Henry, Ken Clarke, The Star Combo, Wesley Hardin and so much more! G-Minus

Another Record buying trip = Another Show Freshly back from The Tacoma Record Show put on by the Mighty Don Kirsh, I return to the Oregon minus about $80 worth of Gas, But A big box full of 45's, this week I play some of the better ones THe Cochran Brothers, Slim Watts, Vern Edwards, Gene WAtson, Larry Wheeler, Don Murphy, Betty Edwards Bill Woods & so much more make up this weeks dig into the record box that still smells of Gasoline & Old Car! G-MINUS

Time for he 3rd & Final part of my dig through the Starday Box's In this Double Wide Extended edition we fly through 45's from George Jones, Louisiana Lannis, Carl Stuart, King Sterling, Eddie Noack, James O'Gwynn, Neal Merrit & oh so much more All goes well until the curse of "Mack Stevens Starday Truffle Pig" starts to reat it's Bovine face to throw a wrench in the works G-MINUS

Part 2 of the dig into the Starday Box...Mainly from the E - J section..apart from some random 78's in no order at all, So join me & (among others) Jess Thomas, Jerry Jericho, Bob Jones, Lonnie Irving, Larry Fox, Hoot & Curley & so much more..Blah Blah Blah G-MINUS

After recording this..then finding out I didn't press the record button, a slightly tired G-Minus tried a second Midnight attempt, I gotta say though, Music this good makes me wanna stag up even later! Among the platters to fight off insomnia this week we find: Hank Spurling, Jimmie Walton, Pat Patterson, Gene Henslee, Vic Thomas, Jimmy Johnson & so much more OK That's it..going back to play my new PS4,oh, it's a 50's PS4 of course G-MINUS

Exploring the obscure musical mysteries of the talismanic Dixie label

Final part looking into this legendary label much desired by collectors. Loads of original vinyl this time

Cordoba: One shitty car and a runaway trainVue Wave 8: CordobaPlaylist:“Phantom 309”Red SovinePhantom 309StardayCordobaLive in the Vue Wave studioFri, Dec 7, 2007:1. "Gettin' Loaded on Rye"2. "The Auctioneer"3. "Bad Luck"4. "She's Gettin' Over Me"5. "Last Ride"6. "Down to the Felt"7. "Commence to Jigglin'"“Convoy”CW McCallBlack Bear RoadMGM